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• Albany man held on child sexual abuse charges

  February 13th, 2012
  San Jose Mercury News By Kristin J. Bender A 60-year-old Albany man who has run a pumpkin patch and holiday tree lot on Solano Avenue has been charged with sexually molesting at least two children 20 years ago, authorities said Monday. Albany police last Wednesday arrested ...

• UC Berkeley cop cleared in '09 broken finger case

  February 13th, 2012
  San Francisco Chronicle A UC Berkeley police officer acted properly in 2009 when he struck a student protester's hand with his baton and broke her finger, a federal jury in San Francisco has concluded. Officer Brendan Tinney did not use unreasonable force against doctoral ...

• Review: Berkeley's BeBop gives Korean food a California twist

  February 14th, 2012
  San Jose Mercury News By Michelle Chan The BeBop Korean restaurant on College Ave. is photographed in Berkeley, Calif. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (Kristopher Skinnere/Staff) Note: The owners of BeBop declined to let a photographer inside the restaurant.

• Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties celebrated for open land ...

  February 14th, 2012
  Alameda Times-Star By Angela Woodall Riders head out from the Tilden Park Equestrian Center in Tilden Park near Berkeley, Calif., on the first day of the Tilden-Wildcat Horsemen's Association's Labor Day Week Five-Day Ride on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005.

• The Pacific Steel Casting Situation (News Analyis)

  February 14th, 2012

• Move your money, enact change

  February 14th, 2012

• City moves ahead on University Village

  January 18th, 2012
  San Jose Mercury News By Damin Esper After four years, the University Village project to construct senior housing and a new Whole Foods Market got the green light from the Albany City Council. The council voted unanimously to accept seven refinements to the project, ...

• Shudacudawudya captures Albany Stakes

  January 28th, 2012
  San Francisco Chronicle When Shudacudawudya overcame a severe stumble to win the Golden Nugget Stakes as a 2-year-old on Nov. 21, 2009, little did owner-breeder Brett Mason know that he wouldn't win another added-money event until Saturday at Golden Gate Fields.

• Celebrating International Womens Month: From Turtle Island To Abya Yala

  February 2nd, 2012
  San Francisco Chronicle "From Turtle Island to Abya Yala" is a love anthology of art and poetry by Native American & Latina women which was published in 2011. This event will joyfully feature several of the poets whose work is in the anthology. Stay tuned for the updated list ...

• Shooting in Richmond leads to high-speed chase and crash

  February 5th, 2012
  San Jose Mercury News By Joshua Melvin jmelvin@bayareanewsgroup.com A shooting that left a Richmond man riddled with gunshot wounds early Sunday also led to a high-speed chase on Interstate 580 that finally ended when the suspects crashed into an Albany business and were ...

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